PANews reported on June 12th, citing FinanceFeeds, that Ethereum developers are evaluating EIP-8182, a proposal that plans to introduce native privacy transfers for ETH and ERC-20 tokens via a Hegotá hard fork. Created by Facet co-founder Tom Lehman on March 3, 2026, the proposal is a Draft Standards Track Core EIP and has not yet been finalized or scheduled for inclusion in an upgrade. Hegotá is the next upgrade after Glamsterdam and is expected to focus on infrastructure and protocol layer improvements.

The core of EIP-8182 is to create a canonical shielded pool system contract at the protocol layer, where users can deposit ETH or ERC-20 tokens and spend them using zero-knowledge proofs. The system uses a UTXO model instead of Ethereum's account balance model, employs a separate proof architecture, and does not rely on administrator-controlled upgrade mechanisms or pause functions. This proposal aims to address issues such as anonymity and governance risks faced by application-layer privacy tools. If incorporated into Hegotá, it would be one of Ethereum's most significant privacy upgrades. However, core developers still need to evaluate its cryptographic assumptions, state growth, and denial-of-service risks; its inclusion is still uncertain.